Ned Beatty movie quotes

This is a country, where the Secretary of Defense can go on T.V., and tell the American public, oh, that "this is about freedom! It's not about oil!". And nobody questions him, cuz they don't wanna hear the answer, because it's a lie!
Ned Beatty - Senator Charles F. Meachum

“I only really work when I want to.”
Ned Beatty

“Our new sheriff has been playing the hero for so long, he's actually starting to believe it.”
Ned Beatty - Mayor

“- Ward Douglas: My girlfriend was there, because... There was this wild man there and she...
- Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell: Son, is this a long story?
- Ward Douglas: Yes, sir.
- Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell: Well, then, save it.”
Ned Beatty - Ward Douglas
Robert Stack - Maj. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

“It always impresses me when a person of small stature has command.”
Ned Beatty

“- Rex: Mr. Lotso, do toys here get played with every day?
- Lotso: All day long! Five days a week.
- Jessie: But what happens when the kids grow up?
- Lotso: When the kids get old, new ones come in. When they get old, new ones replace them. You'll never be outgrown, or neglected. Never abandoned or forgotten.”
Wallace Shawn - Rex
Ned Beatty - Lotso
Joan Cusack - Jessie

“Who gave you ladies permission to blubber?”
Ned Beatty - Gen. Ed Sheppard

“You've got a heart of gold. You've got the constitution of an ox. And you've got pants... of thunder.”
Ned Beatty - Gen. Ed Sheppard

- Lester Boyle: He's innocent.
- Eddie "The Expert" Pitts: And what makes you so sure of that?
- Lester Boyle: I've fished with him.
Ned Beatty - Lester Boyle
Matt Malloy - Eddie 'The Expert' Pitts

“You're nothing but legends. Pretty soon, no one will believe you even existed.”

Ned Beatty - Mayor

“Regardless of what you may think of me, I did defend that boy to the very best of my abilities. And, boy, has it cost me. Hell, I lost half of my business from defending that son-of-a-bitch. And he got the chair. You have any idea what my life would be like if I had gotten him acquitted?”

Ned Beatty - McNair

“There's always a confused soul that thinks that one man can make a difference. And you have to kill him to convince him otherwise. That's the hassle with democracy.”
Ned Beatty - Senator Charles F. Meachum

“- U.S. Bates: Take your pants down
- Mr. Morehouse: Sir?
- U.S. Bates: Take your pants down.
[Morehouse pulls his pants down]
- U.S. Bates: That's power.”
Jackie Gleason - U.S. Bates
Ned Beatty - Mr. Morehouse

“I have got proof that this Red Skull guy was closely involved in the murders of Robert Kennedy, John Kennedy, Martin Luther King... Jesus, you don't even know who I'm talking about, do ya?”

Ned Beatty - Sam Kolawetz

“I don't know what they've told you down at the USO, but you're going to be meeting a lot of strange men. Men in uniform. Boys a long way from home, lonely, desperate. They really have one thing on their minds. Show 'em a good time.”

Ned Beatty - Ward Douglas

Now I know what the FBI stands for. "Fucking, Ball-busting Imbeciles"!
Ned Beatty - G.P. Myerson

“- G.P. Myerson: Just call that real estate dame and tell her to rent it out.
- Mrs. Myerson: Yes dear, immediately.
- G.P. Myerson: Tell her no kids, no pets, no democrats.”
Ned Beatty - G.P. Myerson
Anne Haney - Mrs. Myerson